Five Grand Prize Winners Announced in the $2 Million Samsung Solve
for Tomorrow National Education Contest

Public schools from Florida, Montana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Washington to each receive more than $140,000 in technology

March 25, 2014 02:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung announced today the five grand prize winners in its nationwide
Solve for Tomorrow contest, a competition to raise enthusiasm for
science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education among U.S.
public school students. The five grand prize winners were chosen from
more than 2,300 schools from across the country. The five grand prize
winners listed below will receive technology from Samsung, Adobe
Foundation, and DIRECTV.

G.W. Carver Middle School won the Community Choice Award with nearly
11,000 public online votes; East Valley High School won the Samsung
Employees Choice Award; and the other three winners were chosen by a
panel of judges. Each of the five winning schools receive more than
$140,000* in technology products such as smart boards, LED TVs, and
laptops.

“To see how the students engage with STEM as well as with each other and
their community during their Solve for Tomorrow experience is truly
wonderful,” said David Steel, Executive Vice President of Samsung
Electronics North America. “We hope the excitement and the substance of
what each of these schools achieved through their project will serve as
inspiration for even greater accomplishments in the future.
Congratulations to the top five winners and all of those who
participated this year. We hope the challenge of this contest, together
with the technology for winning schools, will help spark students’
passion to pursue careers in STEM that help make the world a better
place.”

All five winners will be honored in a special Washington, D.C. ceremony
on April 30. More than 2,300 schools from every state across the country
entered the contest in August with an essay response on howSTEM
can help their community. Five schools from each state plus D.C.,
a total of 255 schools, were selected as state finalists and received
Samsung Galaxy Tabs. They moved onto the next phase of the contest where
51 state winners were selected to receive a camcorder, laptop, and Adobe
editing software to create videos to compete in the video phase of the
contest that answered the challenge: Show how STEM can improve your
community.

Fifteen national finalists also competed in an in-person project pitch
event at SXSWedu in Austin where they presented their project to a panel
of judges. The prize package for the 15 national finalists includes a
special service plan with a dedicated school support contact, on-site
product training and maintenance service, online training, and an
extended warranty plan.

The Solve for Tomorrow contest is part of Samsung Hope for Children, the
company’s philanthropic initiative focused on helping children lead
healthier, smarter, and more sustainable lives. Since 2002, Samsung and
its partners have provided cash, technology and volunteer hours to more
than 750 schools and community organizations in the United States.
Samsung continues to support children’s education by providing tools
that empower young people to learn through a variety of STEM
initiatives, including the company’s Mobile Application Academies and a
partnership with the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF).

* Estimated Retail Value

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